Once an intern, now a full-time employee.
Following his historic performance for Concord in the 2010 college baseball season, Greyson Schram had planned on staying involved with baseball by spending this summer as an intern with the Bluefield Orioles.
But the internship led to a better and potentially more permanent job opportunity.
Schram signed a contract to become a professional baseball player in the Baltimore Orioles organization on July 13. The Stanley, NC resident was officially assigned to Bluefield -- the Orioles' affiliate in the Rookie-level Appalachian League -- July 18, and made his professional debut that night against the Greeneville Astros.
Schram's player page on the Bluefield Orioles' website:
web.minorleaguebaseball.com/milb/stats/stats.jsp
Tom Bone's article on Schram's signing in the July 14, 2010 edition of the Bluefield Daily Telegraph:
bdtonline.com/localsports/x536262549/CU-s-Schram-signs-with-Orioles]
In 2010, Schram produced one of the best seasons in Concord and West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference history. He won the WVIAC Triple Crown with a .508 batting average, 20 home runs and 81 runs batted in over only 38 games.
He posted a stellar 1.103 slugging percentage and a .599 on-base percentage.
Schram won the WVIAC’s Player of the Year and Hitter of the Year awards. He also earned 1st-Team NCAA Division II All-America honors from the American Baseball Coaches Association, Daktronics, and the National Collegiate Baseball Writers Association. Daktronics and the NCBWA also named him as Atlantic Region Player of the Year.
Schram led NCAA Division II in home runs per game (.53), RBIs per game (2.13), slugging and OBP. His .508 batting average was second-best in the nation and the second-best in WVIAC history.
He walked 28 times against only 11 strikeouts, stole 11 bases in 13 attempts, averaged an RBI every 1.57 at bats and a home run every 6.3 at bats.
Schram joins Drew Bailey as Concord players who have signed professional baseball contracts in 2010. The Oakland Athletics drafted Bailey in the 35th round (1055th overall selection) of this year's June first-year player draft, and have assigned him to their affiliate in the Arizona League.
AZL Athletics' website: web.minorleaguebaseball.com/index.jsp